The general principle of the Guiding Outline of Kindergarten Education clearly points out: "Early childhood education is an important part of basic education and the basic stage of school education and lifelong education in China. All kinds of kindergartens in urban and rural areas should proceed from reality and implement quality education according to local conditions to lay a good foundation for children's lifelong development. "
Erickson, an American preschool educator, once said: "Before the age of 6, it is the most important period to cultivate outlook on life, values, language, thinking, habits and quality." It can be seen that the time before the age of 6 is very important to everyone.
Japanese scholar Mushukuichi pointed out that children's potential ability follows a decreasing law, that is, their potential at birth is defined as 100 points. If you are educated at birth, you can become a person with 100, but if you are educated from the age of 5, you can only get 80 points. If they begin to receive education at the age of 10, therefore, the importance of preschool education is irreplaceable, and it is an indispensable part of children's physical and mental development. I believe that in the early childhood education stage, the importance of early childhood education is mainly reflected in the following aspects.
(A) childhood is a critical period of sound personality.
Early childhood education plays an important role in the formation of children's personality. In early childhood, children's personality characteristics began to sprout and gradually formed. At this time, the child is very malleable. At this time, their self-evaluation has not yet been established, and they often evaluate themselves through the evaluation of others. What others say is good, and what others say is bad. If children are properly educated and guided during this period, it will have an important impact on their lives.
Early childhood is the best period of intellectual development.
Modern science has proved that it is the number of brain neurons and synapses that determine a person's intelligence. The number of neurons is determined by nature and cannot be changed, but the number of synapses still has a development process between 0 and 6 years old. In the early childhood education stage, we should stimulate the development and growth of synapses through scientific activities and lay a good physiological foundation. People's potential is diverse and huge, and most people's potential has not been well developed and utilized, thus missing the best period. As we all know, the key period of a person's potential development is in early childhood. Some parents put the value of preschool education on the pursuit of one or two skills, which will inevitably affect the development of children's multiple potentials. The responsibility of preschool education is to create conditions for children's potential to shine and lay a good foundation for their all-round development. It can be seen that early childhood is a rapid period of brain development. In this period of rapid development of their intelligence, the role of education is obvious. Intelligence is closely related to education and social environment. If children are properly educated in the right way during this period, the effect can be imagined.
(3) Early childhood is an important period for habit formation.
There is a proverb: action forms habit, habit forms character, and character determines fate. This sentence profoundly reveals that good behavior habits have a great influence on people's life. A person's good behavior habits are the basis of his separation from society. Early childhood is an extremely important period to cultivate children to form good habits. In this period, the cultivation of children's various habits will be a solid cornerstone for children to successfully enter the society. Habits are gradually formed in the long and long process of life. Once they are formed, they will naturally "automatically" show up in specific situations. Only by developing good behavior habits can we lay a lifelong happiness for our children.